Who We Are

WHO WE ARE

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WILLIAM H. POVALL III, P.E.

Founder and President, EcoTec

Bill Povall is the founder and president of EcoTec in Wappingers Falls, NY. He received his bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from the University of Rhode Island in 1992 and is currently licensed in the states of New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Vermont. Upon graduation, Bill went to work for TRC Raymond Keyes Associates, Inc. as a design engineer until 1996. After spending the following two years as a project engineer for Gray Engineering, P.C., he decided to start his own firm. Mr. Povall and his firm have been involved in, and completed, a wide array of comprehensive engineering projects since the firm’s inception. Bill has been personally involved in over 600 residential and commercial development projects in New York. Bill is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Mid Hudson Consulting Civil Engineering Society, and the American Water Works Association.

Bill lives in Lagrangeville, NY, with his wife and four children.

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JOSEPH C. JORDAN

Business Development Manager, EcoTec

Mr. Jordan is a graduate of Paul Smiths College of Arts and Sciences – Ecology and Environmental Technology program in Paul Smiths, NY (1984). He is also a graduate of the State University of New York (SUNY) College of Environmental Science and Forestry – Environmental Studies program in Syracuse, NY (1986). From graduation through the early 1990s, he worked in the Hudson Valley region in the civil engineering and real estate development field. He became a partner at Enviro Clean Services, LLC, a company that provides emergency response and remediation services, tank and fueling system installation and maintenance as well as compliance management and consulting services. In October of 2013, he retired as the president of the New York Regional office located in the Mid Hudson Valley after the partner’s sale of the company in May of 2013. In August of 2016, he assumed the position of business development manager for Povall Engineering, PLLC

Mr. Jordan and his wife, Shari, live in Clinton Corners, NY, with their two children.

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EVAN STANKUNAS, QEP

Environmental Project Manager, EcoTec

Evan Stankunas, the Environmental Project Manager for the firm has been awarded certification as a Qualified Environmental Professional (QEP) by the Institute of Professional Environmental Practice. 

Achievement of the QEP certification is considered to be an accomplishment of the highest order, signifying strong professional and ethical standards in the arena of environmental management. The award comes after rigorous scrutiny of experience and qualifications, and satisfactory completion of a written examination. The QEP certification is the first and only multi-media, multi-disciplinary, board-certified credential of its kind that requires environmental professionals to consider the overall environmental picture and to have the skills and knowledge to resolve real world problems. Through the QEP certification, environmental professionals demonstrate the breadth and depth of their knowledge and experience. It is distinguished from other certifications by its cross-disciplinary nature. The QEP is international in scope and has received accreditation by the Council of Engineering and Scientific Specialty Boards (CESB). 

As a certified QEP, Mr. Stankunas broadens the range of services we offer to our client base including the ability to certify compliance develop workplans under NYSDEC Environmental Restoration Programs. Additionally, NYSDEC now strongly recommends that all remedial actions be certified or overseen by a QEP, even residential heating oil spills or remediation activities.

With this certification and Mr. Stankunas’ commitment to the highest ethical and professional standards, EcoTec looks forward to helping our clients navigate the complex world of environmental regulations.

Evan was a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Siena College with a dual degree in Environmental Science and Political Science. During his college years he conducted research on amphibian habitat and land use including radio telemetry studies of frog movements at the Saratoga National Historical Park. His focus on the science and policy of environmental management during college led him to a career in the environmental industry. During his 10 years in the environmental industry he focused on water, soil and air sampling, remediation system design and maintenance, environmental permitting and regulatory consulting. Evan has conducted every phase of remediation project from water sampler to remediation system designer. In his most recent environmental position he was Environmental Manager of Stewart International Airport where he oversaw all environmental aspects of the entire 2000 acre airport facility. In January of 2018, Evan joined the team at EcoTec. Evan is primarily responsible for Environmental Operations and Client Management.

When he is not watching airplanes take off or wading around in vernal pools to find frogs in the spring, he and his wife spend as much time as they can outdoors hiking, identifying trees and skiing.

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Wyatt J. Jordan

Technical Services Operator

• 2013 Franklin Delano Roosevelt HS graduate, Hyde Park, NY

• 2016 Associate Degree in Business Administration, Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie, NY

• 2017 Employed EcoTec LLC as Technical Services Operator – responsible for; water systems operation & maintenance, potable well water sampling & testing, soil and groundwater sampling, testing & monitoring.

• NYS Certified Backflow Prevention Device Tester – Reg.# 12862

• Responsible for Client services and Technical liaison with relevant regulatory agency contacts.